[rescue] Tadpole Sparcbook - HDD Options

[Richard]

Hi everyone

Quick update and thanks

The SCSI2SD PowerBook adapter works like a treat. I now have NetBSD9.1
installed and partitions for various SunOS/Solaris installs

Also I found a P1000 screen on ebay and I can confirm it is a drop in
replacement. The seller has listed another so if anyone has a broken hinge
this could be a solution.

Thank you all again

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Cheers

Richard

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> On 28 Apr 2021, at 14:17, Richard <ejb at trick-1.net> wrote:
>
> o;?Hey Dan
>
> Thanks for the tip.
>
> Yes been looking for a tadpole for a while also. It has a broken hinge but I
have managed to get a replacement screen unit so it will be in fine shape once
that comes in.
>
> Cheers
>
> Richard
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 28 Apr 2021, at 00:24, Dan Moisa <dmoisa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> o;?SCSI2SD makes an adapter in laptop form factor - macs used the 2.5"
scsi
>> hdds, as did the sparc Voyager. I tried one and it works.
>>
>> Super jealous about the tadpole, I've been looking for one for years!
>>
>> Dan.
>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 07:16 Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>
>>> Did the caddy have any 'logic' inside? SCSI to IDE adapters were quite
>>> common
>>> in those laptops, if the tray had an IDE interface inside, I suspect
there
>>> is
>>> a circuit board converting that to SCSI.
>>>
>>> Fingers crossed you just need to find an IDE drive replacement, that
>>> should be
>>> infinitely easier than finding a suitable SCSI solution.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>>> On Apr 27, 2021, at 07:47, Richard <ejb at trick-1.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> o;?Hi Folks
>>>>
>>>> So the tadpole arrived but when powered on it would not detect the disk
>>> on
>>> the
>>>> SCSI bus (probe-scsi empty).
>>>> Took the drive caddy apart and found a Hitachi DK226A-21 insideb&.a
quick
>>>> google tells me thats an IDE drive in a 1.2G caddy so no IDE to SCSI
>>> bridge
>>>> thereb&.so now I know why it wouldnb t work.
>>>>
>>>> I am therefore now looking for a 2.5b  SCSI HDD or some alternate
>>> solution.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have any ideas/suggestions/drives lurking in the bottom of a
draw?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance
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